1. Evergreen 3.0.13

This release contains bug fixes for regressions in Evergreen 3.0.12. All bug fixes refer to the web staff client unless otherwise specified.

1.1. Bug fixes

  • Removes the tooltip feature when you mouse over a grid cell because this feature degraded performance.

  • Fixes an issue with adding two or more copies in cataloging.

  • Fixes the inability to add copies from Item Status and Holdings View.

1.2. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.13 point release of Evergreen:

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Dan Wells

2. Evergreen 3.0.12

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.11. All bug fixes refer to the web staff client unless otherwise specified.

2.1. Bug fixes

  • Fixes an issue that caused catalog searches to fail after a new library was added to the org tree.

  • When you mouse over a grid cell in the client, a tooltip will display the full contents of the cell.

  • Fixes issues with columns in the Item Status, Holdings View, Checkout, Patron Bill, Recent Circ History,

  • Fixes various misspellings and capitalization issues in the interface.

  • Circulation staff can now override a patron block that is placed from Messages/Apply Penalty.

  • Fixes an issue with checking in hourly loans.

  • Staff can now approve pending patron addresses in the patron edit interface.

  • Prevents patron records from being merged with themselves.

  • Fixes a bug where the patron card dialog would not allow the user to change the primary barcode under certain circumstances.

  • Fixes issues with duplicate transit records.

  • Adds the transit cancel time to the Most Recent Transits section of the Item Status Holds / Transit tab.

  • Improvements to the Item Attribute Editor.

  • Staff can now set a default search box in the Z39.50 search interface.

  • Staff can now delete copy notes.

  • Fixes an issue in which transferring items and vol/items caused statistical categories to disappear.

  • In the MARC editor, the 007 physical characteristics wizard now has a different icon than the authority linker.

  • Protects backordered acquisitions items from having their catalog items deleted.

  • Fixes problems that occur when cloning a report template created in the XUL client.

  • Fixes bugs that caused activity metric data when performing searches.

  • Fixes an issue where the "Predict New Issues" button in the Serials module did not use the correct pattern.

  • The KPAC now respects the opac.holds.org_unit_not_pickup_lib setting.

2.2. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.12 point release of Evergreen:

  • John Amundson

  • Jason Boyer

  • Steven Callender

  • Galen Charlton

  • Garry Collum

  • Amy Constantino

  • Jeff Davis

  • Bill Erickson

  • Jason Etheridge

  • Joan Kranich

  • Sam Link

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Michele Morgan

  • Mike Rylander

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Dan Scott

  • Chris Sharp

  • Ben Shum

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Dan Wells

  • Beth Willis

3. Evergreen 3.0.11

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.10. All bug fixes refer to the web staff client unless otherwise specified.

3.1. Bug fixes

  • Several strings are now displayed in the correct translation.

  • Right clicking in grids results in more intuitive behavior.

  • Usernames and barcodes containging the % character no longer experience problems logging in.

  • Fixes cases in which the web client stops loading after the toolbar.

  • Fixes problems in which using the web client in multiple tabs leads to data inconsistency.

  • Fixes an issue that caused authentication session checks to spam the system and needlessly fill up logs.

  • Boolean fields within grid views now say "Yes"/"No" instead of "true"/"false".

  • Fixes sorting issues in the patron search.

  • Staff can now choose to print out only a selection of items out, instead of having to print them all.

  • The patron triggered event screen now respects the circ.staff.max_visible_event_age library setting.

  • Fixes an issue which caused an exception to be thrown during non-cataloged item checkout.

  • Fixes permission issues related to merging users.

  • The bibliographic record summary now displays the call number that matches the library’s classification system.

  • The copy editor now makes shelving locations visible to catalogers from other libraries as needed.

  • Once a record is overlayed in the Z39.50 screen, it is no longer marked for overlay.

  • Several fixes to the filters on the Holdings View screen.

  • Several fixes to how empty volumes are created and displayed.

  • Fixes to item and call number transfers.

  • Fixes several issues with the item status list view.

  • When adding new copies, the circulation library now defaults to the call number’s owning library.

  • Fixes display issues with the Print Item Labels page.

  • Fixes an issue in which the staff client and the OPAC displayed different counts of available items.

3.2. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.11 point release of Evergreen:

  • John Amundson

  • a. bellenir

  • Jason Boyer

  • Garry Collum

  • Jeff Davis

  • Bill Erickson

  • Rogan Hamby

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Terran McCanna

  • Michele Morgan

  • Mike Rylander

  • Chris Sharp

  • Jason Stephenson

4. Evergreen 3.0.10

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.9. Note that all bug fixes refer to the web staff client unless otherwise specified.

4.1. Bug fixes

  • Fixes right-click issues with the Web client grids

  • Fixes an issue with the Default SMS Carrier in the patron edit form.

  • Fixes an issue that allowed overdue notices to be sent to a patron whose long overdue item has been paid for.

  • Checking in precat items now displays the "Route to Cataloging" alert each time the item is checked in.

  • Fixes an issue in which the Adjust to Zero feature does not close a checked-in lost circ.

  • Deleted copies that are still checked out can now be checked in.

  • Fixes a mislabeled column in the patron checkout grid.

  • Fixes an error with the missing pieces functionality.

  • Courier codes now display in the transit slip receipt preview.

  • The Item Status grid now displays OU shortnames instead of full names for the "Circulation Library" column.

  • The Volume/Copy editor now allows users to remove a value from the Age Hold Protection field.

  • Barcode completion now works in copy buckets.

  • The Z39.50 interface now notices when another record has been marked for overlay.

  • Fixes a display issue for the Remove MARC Field Groups checkboxes in the Z39.50 interface.

  • Fixes a performance issue for the Validate button in the MARC Editor.

  • Fixes an incorrect close tag in the Print Item Labels toolbar.

  • Better scoping of copy tags in search results.

  • Electronic Resource links now open in a new tab.

  • Fixes an issue with the fiscal year close-out operation.

  • Improves serials item deletes.

4.2. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.10 point release of Evergreen:

  • A. Bellenir

  • Adam Bowling

  • Jason Boyer

  • Galen Charlton

  • Garry Collum

  • Jeff Davis

  • Bill Erickson

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Terran McCanna

  • Michele Morgan

  • Jennifer Pringle

  • Mike Rylander

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Chris Sharp

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Cesar Velez

  • Dan Wells

5. Evergreen 3.0.9

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.8. Note that all bug fixes refer to the web staff client unless otherwise specified.

5.1. Bug fixes

  • Fixes specific cases in which deleted records appear in search results.

  • Fixes a performance issue with deleting patrons.

  • The hold shelf dialog popup now lists the patron’s notification preferences.

  • Fixes an issue that prevented editing items when a monograph part is present.

  • Patron information is now available for use in the bills_current and bills_historical receipt templates.

  • The browser’s "This page may contain unsaved data" warning now appears when users click the update expire date button in a patron account and attempt to navigate away without saving.

  • The holds tab of the patron record now includes a monograph part column.

  • The barcode box in the checkout screen no longer hovers above patron record tabs when staff users scroll down.

  • Fixes an issue with the date of birth in the patron edit scren.

  • Fixes an issue with the dropdown of billing type options.

  • The Item Status screen now includes as a floating group column.

5.2. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.9 point release of Evergreen:

  • BC Libraries Cooperative

  • A. Bellenir

  • Jason Boyer

  • Galen Charlton

  • Garry Collum

  • Bill Erickson

  • Blake Graham-Henderson

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Terran McCanna

  • Michele Morgan

  • Dan Pearl

  • Mike Rylander

  • Geoff Sams

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Chris Sharp

  • Remington Steed

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Cesar Velez

6. Evergreen 3.0.8

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.7. Note that all bug fixes refer to the web staff client unless otherwise specified.

6.1. Bug fixes

6.1.1. Cataloging

  • The MARC editor now handles 008 fields better.

  • Adds spaces between subfields when suggesting a call number for a new volume.

  • MarcXML exports from the MARC Batch Import/Export → Export Records screen now downloads the file, rather than opening it in the browser.

  • The Item Status Circulation Library column now displays a shortname rather than the full library name.

  • The Item Status Remaining Renewals column now displays correctly.

  • The Item Status now has a "Last Renewal Workstation" column available.

  • Fixes the circulation counts displayed in Item Status Details.

  • Fixes an issue where multiple copies with different values for required statistical categories could not be edited and saved in batch.

  • Add an option to remove floating in the copy editor.

  • Fixes an issue with the floating dropdown in the copy editor.

  • Fixes a problem in which the copy template didn’t properly copy certain objects.

  • Reduces the number of API calls that the MARC Editor requires.

6.1.2. Circulation

  • Fixes an issue that prevented the offline patron registration screen from loading.

  • Fixes an issue with searching patrons by permission group.

  • The barcodes in the patron search are now clickable.

  • Staff members can now manually override the patron juvenile flag value, regardless of the patron’s date of birth.

  • Checkboxes on patron registration screen are now properly aligned with other fields.

  • The user permission group dropdowns in the patron registration, edit, and search interfaces now have scrollbars.

  • The date picker on the checkout screen is now hidden unless circ staff activates a specific due date option.

  • The check-in screen now includes a copy status column.

  • The Merge Patrons interface now displays the date of birth.

  • The user bucket screen now displays the Bucket ID.

  • The payment button on patron bills screen is now inactive if the Payment Received field is blank.

  • The Bill History receipt now includes a Finish date and a Last Payment date.

  • When a patron summary contains an image of the patron, that image tag now has a null alt attribute to remove it from the flow of a screen reader.

  • Corrects an issue that caused the transit dialog to show the wrong branch.

  • Corrects an issue with printing transit lists.

  • "Find another target" on transiting hold no longer leaves the copy "in-transit".

  • The images now display to distinguish hold and transit slips.

  • The Clearable Holds list printout now only shows holds that have expired.

  • Restores the call number prefix and suffix fields to the holds pull list.

  • The documentation at the top of the hold shelf slip template adds patron.alias.

  • The cursor in the in-house use screen now automatically goes to the barcode field.

  • The in-house use screen now shows a copy status column.

  • Add support for converting change to patron credit in the patron bills interface, consistent with the XUL feature.

  • Fixes a bug that caused pickup/request library fields to be blank sometimes.

  • Fixes a bug in the offline org unit tree.

6.1.3. Command-line system administration

  • The novelist entry in eg_vhost.conf includes two new parameters.

  • Corrects an issue with the --max-sleep argument on the action_trigger_runner.pl support script.

  • Corrects an issue with how the eg_pbx_allocator.pl script detects an existing lock file.

  • The 3.0.2-3.0.3 upgrade script disables triggers before recalculating bib visibility.

6.1.4. Public catalog

  • Fixes an issue that caused records with located URIs to be retrieved in Copy Location and Copy Location Group searches.

  • Fixes an error message that appeared in the search box in the public catalog while placing hold after an advanced search.

  • Restores the display of copy information for the user’s preferred library in the public catalog.

  • Fixes regression errors in the search results page.

  • Removes redundant call numbers from the Show More Details search results.

  • The cast field in the catalog is now taken from the 511 field when first indicator = 1, rather than the 508.

  • Fixes a display issue caused by editing holds.

6.1.5. Serials

  • Fixes an issue that prevented users from searching for receivable issues using Database ID or ISSN in the Serials Batch Receive interface.

6.1.6. General

  • Adds some padding to the bottom of Web Client interfaces.

  • Logins now honor all org unit timeout settings.

  • Evergreen will now identify and handle invalid timezones.

  • Fixes an issue where a column header in some interfaces were automatically highlighted in green when retrieving the interface.

  • The parts column in the Item Status screen now displays parts data.

6.2. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.8 point release of Evergreen:

  • John Amundson

  • Jason Boyer

  • Galen Charlton

  • Garry Collum

  • Dawn Dale

  • Jeff Davis

  • Bill Erickson

  • Lynn Floyd

  • Rogan Hamby

  • Kyle Huckins

  • Sam Link

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Katie G. Martin

  • Terran McCanna

  • Michele Morgan

  • Dan Pearl

  • Mike Rylander

  • Laura Sachjen

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Chris Sharp

  • Ben Shum

  • Remington Steed

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Josh Stompro

  • Cesar Velez

  • Dan Wells

  • Bob Wicksall

7. Evergreen 3.0.7

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.6.

  • Fixes a performance issue with the Patron Billing History screen and other screens that cause Flattener.pm to re-create joins unnecessarily.

  • Fixes an issue that prevented patron alerts from showing to staff at other libraries.

  • Corrects the "Holdable" attribute display on the Item Status detailed view.

  • Fixes the ability to delete multiple copies from Item Status.

7.1. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.7 point release of Evergreen:

  • Jason Boyer

  • Bill Erickson

  • Morkor Quarshie

  • Remington Steed

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Kevin Tran

  • Dan Wells

8. Evergreen 3.0.6

This release is a security release that fixes cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Evergreen public catalog. This release also includes several other bugfixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.5.

8.1. Security Issue: XSS Vulnerability in Public Catalog

This release fixes several cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the public catalog. When upgrading, Evergreen administrators should review whether any of the following templates have been customized or overridden. If so, either the template should be replaced with the stock version or the XSS fix (which entails adding the | html filter in several places) applied to the customized version.

  • Open-ILS/src/templates/opac/parts/record/contents.tt2

  • Open-ILS/src/templates/opac/parts/record/copy_counts.tt2

  • Open-ILS/src/templates/opac/parts/record/issues-mfhd.tt2

Note that exploiting the XSS vulnerabilities fixed in this release would require either the ability to create maliciously-constructed MARC bibliographic or holdings records or the ability to set a maliciously constructed organizational unit name.

8.2. Other Bugfixes

Evergreen 3.0.6 also includes the following changes:

  • When using Selection Lists → Edit MARC Order Record in the web staff client, now only one click is required to save the MARC record rather than two.

  • The volume/copy editor in the web staff client now better handles editing multiple items that have different sets of statistical category values assigned to them.

  • The act of merging bibliographic records now updates bookbags that referred to the source bibliographic record rather than effectively deleting entries for that record.

  • Additional columns were added to the Holds Pull List in the web staff client.

  • The patron registration form in the web staff client now correctly manages setting user preferences.

  • An error in a pgTAP unit test was corrected.

8.3. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.6 security release of Evergreen:

  • Galen Charlton

  • Bill Erickson

  • Rogan Hamby

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Terran McCanna

  • Andrea Neiman

  • Mike Rylander

  • Dan Scott

  • Chris Sharp

  • Cesar Velez

9. Evergreen 3.0.5

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.4.

  • The MARC Editor in the Web staff client now wraps long fields.

  • The MARC Editor no longer allows catalogers to enter new lines into MARC subfields.

  • Fixes an issue that prevented serials items from being deleted or modified.

  • The Web staff client Check In screen no longer reloads the whole page multiple times each time an item is scanned.

  • Fixes an issue that displayed the oldest — rather than the newest — transit in the Web staff client Item Status page.

  • Fixes an issue that prevented the reports module from being displayed in the Web client.

  • Fixes an issue in the Web staff client reports module that caused syntax errors in reports that use virtual fields and joins.

  • Fixes an issue that prevented several dropdown menus in the Web staff client from activating.

  • Fixes an issue that created duplicate copy data when copies or volumes with parts were transferred.

  • Fixes the Trim List feature in the Web staff client Check In screen.

  • The Item Status grid now displays the Circulation Modifier.

  • Restores missing data from the Profile column in Place Hold patron search results.

  • Fixes an issue with the http → https redirect on Apache 2.4.

  • Fixes an color contrast accessibility issue in the Web staff client and adds underlining to links in grid cells for added accessibility.

  • Adds automated regression and unit tests for the Web staff client reports module.

  • Adds a process for spell-checking the official documentation.

  • Adds a script that simplifies the release process related to translations.

9.1. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.5 point release of Evergreen:

  • Galen Charlton

  • Jeff Davis

  • Blake Graham-Henderson

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Morkor Quarshie

  • Mike Rylander

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Dan Scott

  • Chris Sharp

  • Remington Steed

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Kevin Tran

  • Cesar Velez

10. Evergreen 3.0.4

This release contains bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.3:

  • Fixes a bug that caused all searches limited by shelving location to return 0 results.

  • Fixes a bug that caused EDI orders to be sent with the vendor’s SAN, rather than the ordering agency’s SAN.

  • Fixes a bug that prevented Safari/iOS users from logging in to the web client.

  • Fixes a bug that prevented users from using the browse interface.

  • Fixes a bug in the Item Status List view that caused incorrect due dates to display.

  • Approval code is now a required field in the web client’s patron credit card payment form.

  • Fixes a bug with credit card payments that caused a receipt to print showing that the patron paid the bill when the payment had not actually been applied.

  • Fixes a bug that prevented the EDI translator from being installed on Ubuntu 16.04.

  • Fixes a bug that caused entries to show up multiple times in the Items Out and Holds tabs in the patron record.

  • Fixes a bug that caused grids on Bills and Patron Messages screens to not display properly.

  • The following fields are now available for the Checkout and Items Out receipt templates:

    • first_given_name

    • second_given_name

    • family_name

    • suffix

    • barcode

    • money_summary.balance_owed

    • money_summary.total_paid

    • money_summary.total_owed

    • expire_date

    • alias

    • has_email

    • has_phone

  • The following fields are now available on the Bill Payment receipt templates:

    • first_given_name

    • second_given_name

    • family_name

    • suffix

    • barcode

    • expire_date

    • alias

    • has_email

    • has_phone

  • Payment type is now a column in the payments tab of the patron record Bill History section.

  • The "Replace Barcode" function now makes it more difficult for staff members to attempt to create blank patron barcodes.

  • The patron bills screen now prevents staff members from double-clicking on the Apply Payment button (which otherwise would apply two payments).

  • Fixes a bug that prevented patrons attached to statistical categories from displaying in the patron search-to-hold dialog.

  • Fixes a performance issue related to uploading CSV files of barcodes to the item status and patron bucket interfaces.

  • Fixes several small bugs in the Spanish translation.

  • Fixes a performance bug related to patrons logging in by barcode.

10.1. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.4 point release of Evergreen:

  • Jason Boyer

  • Galen Charlton

  • Bill Erickson

  • Jason Etheridge

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Terran McCanna

  • Mike Rylander

  • Chris Sharp

  • Ben Shum

  • Remington Steed

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Cesar Velez

  • Dan Wells

11. Evergreen 3.0.3

11.1. Upgrade Notes

  • The upgrade script for 3.0.3 contains a post-transaction command to forcibly update the visibility attributes of all bibs that make use of Located URIs or bib sources. It may take a while to run on large datasets. If it it running too long, it can be canceled and the following psql commands will create and run a script that will perform the same action serially over time without blocking writes to bibs:

\t
\o /tmp/luri_visibility_update.sql
SELECT 'UPDATE biblio.record_entry SET ' ||
  'vis_attr_vector = biblio.calculate_bib_visibility_attribute_set(id) ' ||
  'WHERE id = ' || id || '; SELECT ' || id || ';'
FROM biblio.record_entry
  WHERE id IN (
            SELECT  DISTINCT cn.record
              FROM  asset.call_number cn
              WHERE NOT cn.deleted
                    AND cn.label = '##URI##'
                    AND EXISTS (
                        SELECT  1
                          FROM  asset.uri_call_number_map m
                          WHERE m.call_number = cn.id
                    )
                UNION
            SELECT id FROM biblio.record_entry WHERE source IS NOT NULL

        );
\o
\t
\i /tmp/luri_visibility_update.sql

It will output the id of each updated bib so that the script can be killed and then edited to remove completed bibs. The remainder can be run at a later time.

Note
When the internal flag ingest.reingest.force_on_same_marc is enabled, we do NOT update the bib’s visibility attributes, as doing so causes a loop and an eventual trigger stack violation. This flag should ONLY be used when forcing reingest of record attributes (NOT visibility attributes), search, facet, and display fields, so if using this flag under normal operation, proceed at your own risk and know that Located URI and bib source changes will not be reflected in the visibility attributes of the record.

11.2. Bug Fixes

This release contains several bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.1:

  • Fixes several issues related to the display of located URIs and records with bib sources in search results.

  • Setting opac_visible to false for a copy location group now hides only the location group itself, rather than also hiding every single copy in the group.

  • Fixes a bug that prevented the copy editor from displaying the fine level and loan duration fields.

  • The "Edit Items" grid action in the Item Status interface will now open in the combined volume/copy editor in batch. This makes the behavior consistent with the "Edit Selected Items" grid action in the copy buckets interface.

  • Staff members are now required to choose a billing type when creating a bill on a user account.

  • The Web client now provides staff users with an alert and option to override when an item with the Lost and Paid status is checked in.

  • Fixes a bug where the Web client offline circ interface was not able to set its working location.

  • Fixes an issue that prevented the ADMIN_COPY_TAG permission from being granted.

  • The MARC editor in the Web staff client now presents bib sources in alphabetical order.

  • Both circulation and grocery bills are now printed when a staff user selects a patron account and clicks "Print Bills".

  • Fixes an issue in the XUL serials interface the "Receive move/selected" action from succeeding.

  • Fixes a typo in the user password testing interface.

11.3. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.3 point release of Evergreen:

  • Jason Boyer

  • Bill Erickson

  • Kyle Huckins

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Michele Morgan

  • Mike Rylander

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Remington Steed

  • Cesar Velez

  • Dan Wells

12. Evergreen 3.0.2

This release contains several bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.1:

  • Copy templates created in XUL Holdings Maintenance will now be automatically converted and displayed in the web staff client’s volume/copy editor.

  • The list of report templates now includes a column indicating whether the template was originally created in the XUL staff client or the web staff client; staff need to know this since report templates created in one interface cannot be edited in the other.

  • Call number prefixes and suffixes are now displayed in various grids in the web staff client, including

    • Pending Copy Buckets

    • Copy Buckets

    • Checkin/Capture Holds

    • Holds Shelf

    • Patron Bills History

    • Patron Checkout

    • Patron Holds

    • Patron Items Out

    • Copy Editor

    • In-House Uses

    • Renew Items

    • Bib Record View Holds

    • Transit List

  • Many patron fields have been redacted from the web staff client’s patron and record holds grids, leaving patron name, username, and ID.

  • Fixes two bugs where patron records could fail to be saved upon editing.

  • The web staff patron editor now better warns staff users about duplicate names, IDs, phone numbers, and email addresses.

  • Human readable labels are now displayed for certain fields in standing penalty records.

  • The patron summary in the web staff client now correctly displays primary and secondary ID values.

  • The web staff client’s billing full details page now displays information about the staff user that created a payment.

  • The web staff client now requires staff users to explicitly set a billing type when adding a manual bill.

  • The web staff client’s patron bill annotation modal now works.

  • Patron barcode search completion in the web staff client now allows the user to select from all of the matching patron records.

  • The Hold Shelf Slip print template in the web staff client now has access to the call number.

  • The Checkout Receipt print template in the web staff client now can include summary financial information, incuding current balance, total paid on outstanding fines, and total owed.

  • The web staff print templates for current and historical bills can now include copy barcode and title.

  • Fixes a bug that resulted in some catalog searches unexpectedly timing out.

  • Fixes a bug that resulted in catalog searches that specify a location limit returning incorrect results.

  • Fixes a bug where deleted copies could make records visible in the public catalog.

  • Fixes a bug where certain queries on copies used in the public catalog could be very slow.

  • Fixes a bug place a hold request in the public catalog could result in "forgetting" the type and library of the user’s previous search.

  • The web staff client now respects staff user session timeouts, and will log out all open tabs if a user’s session has timed out.

  • The web staff Z39.50 page will now give the staff user an alert if they attempt to import a record with a duplicate TCN.

  • Fixes a bug that prevented copy notes, copy tags, and copy bucket entries from being deleted.

  • Fixes a bug that made using the volume/copy editor to change a copy’s price problematic.

  • The administration interface for hard due dates now ensures that new (or edited) ceiling dates have their time component set to end of day, resolving an issue where ceiling dates would not be applied during the ceiling date itself.

  • The web staff client can now include dynamic information in browser tab titles, e.g., "Smith, Jane - Checkout".

  • The Concerto sample data set now includes data allowing for testing placing holds on monographic parts.

  • Asset merging during bibliographic record merging now correctly recognizes call number prefixes and suffixes and deletes disused call number records.

  • Fixes a bug where displaying user surveys could result in PCRUD drone starvation.

  • Fixes a bug where pg_restore of an Evergreen database could fail to create certain indexes on the actor.usr table.

12.1. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.2 point release of Evergreen:

  • Andrea Neiman

  • Alex Cautley

  • Angela Kilsdonk

  • Ben Shum

  • Bill Erickson

  • Blake Henderson

  • Cesar Velez

  • Chris Sharp

  • Dan Scott

  • Dan Wells

  • Galen Charlton

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Jason Boyer

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Jeff Davis

  • Jeff Godin

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Kyle Huckins

  • Michele Morgan

  • Mike Rylander

  • Remington Steed

  • Rogan Hamby

  • Skye Howard

  • Terra McCanna

13. Evergreen 3.0.1

This release contains several bug fixes improving on Evergreen 3.0.0

  • Fixes a bug in the web staff client that prevented initials from being stored with copy notes.

  • Adds billing types that may have been missed by systems that were running Evergreen prior to the 1.4 release.

  • Fixes a web staff client bug with the CSV export option available from the Import Queue in the MARC Batch Import/Export interface.

  • Adds the missing copy alert field in the web client’s volume/copy editor.

  • Fixes a bug where the setting to require date of birth in patron registration was not being honored in the web staff client.

  • Fixes a bug in the web staff client patron registration form where the password wasn’t generating from the last four digits of the patron’s phone number.

  • Fixes an issue in the web staff client where the complete barcode did not display in some interfaces when partial barcodes were scanned.

  • Fixes an HTML error in the new copy tags that display on the record summary page.

  • Fixes a web staff client bug where recording a large number of in-house uses at one time doesn’t display a confirmation dialog once it hits the correct threshold.

  • Adds a Print Full Grid action in the web staff client holds pull list to allow staff to print the entire pull list as it displays on the screen. This change also changes the Export CSV action to an Export Full CSV option.

  • Fixes an issue with the Patron Messages interface that prevented it from saving column configuration changes in the web staff client.

  • Fixes a bug in the web staff client where a billing prompt did not correctly display after marking an item damaged in those systems that have enabled the setting to bill for damaged items.

  • Adds an option to the specific due date feature that allows saving that due date until logout. This allows all circulations from a given workstation to be due on the same date.

13.1. Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 3.0.1 point release of Evergreen:

  • Jason Boyer

  • Galen Charlton

  • Bill Erickson

  • Kyle Huckins

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Mike Rylander

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Chris Sharp

  • Ben Shum

  • Remington Steed

  • Cesar Velez

  • Dan Wells

14. 3.0.0 Upgrade notes

The minimum version of PostgreSQL required to run Evergreen 3.0 is PostgreSQL 9.4. Evergreen 3.0 also requires OpenSRF 3.0.0 or later.

14.1. Change to Names of Shared Libraries

OpenSRF 3.0 changes how the shared libraries for services written in C are named. If upgrading from an earlier version of Evergreen, opensrf.xml should be edited so that shared library file names listed in the <implementation> tag start with "lib". For example,

            <open-ils.cstore>
                <language>C</language>
                <implementation>oils_cstore.so</implementation>

should be changed to:

            <open-ils.cstore>
                <language>C</language>
                <implementation>liboils_cstore.so</implementation>

14.2. SIP Bugfix Requires SIPServer Upgrade

The fix for Launchpad Bug 1542495: "OpenILS::SIP::clean_text() can crash" requires that you also upgrade SIPServer with the fix for Launchpad Bug 1463943: "Non-ascii Unicode characters in messages cause SIP client problems." This means that if you use SIP2 with Evergreen, you must also upgrade SIPServer to the latest commit in the Git repository. Conversely, if you upgrade SIPServer to the latest commit in Git, you must also upgrade Evergreen or, at least, apply the patch for Launchpad Bug 1542495. These two patches are complementary and cannot be applied independently of one another.

14.3. open-ils.auth.login

The new open-ils.auth.login API must be added to the list of <log_protect> API’s in the opensrf_core.xml file.

Sample diff:

--- a/Open-ILS/examples/opensrf_core.xml.example
+++ b/Open-ILS/examples/opensrf_core.xml.example
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Example OpenSRF bootstrap configuration file for Evergreen
     <log_protect>
       <match_string>open-ils.auth.authenticate.verify</match_string>
       <match_string>open-ils.auth.authenticate.complete</match_string>
+      <match_string>open-ils.auth.login</match_string>
       <match_string>open-ils.auth_proxy.login</match_string>
       <match_string>open-ils.actor.patron.password_reset.commit</match_string>
       <match_string>open-ils.actor.user.password</match_string>

14.4. RTL CSS Stylesheet

Administrators of Evergreen who use RTL locales and who have customized style-rtl.css.tt2 should now incorporate their customizations into style.css.tt2.

14.5. Multi-Time Zone Installations

For Evergreen consortia that span more than one time zone, the following query will adjust all historical, unaged circulations so that if their due date field is pushed to the end of the day, it is done in the circulating library’s time zone, and not the server time zone.

It is safe to run this after any change to library time zones.

Running this is not required, as no code before this change has depended on the time string of 23:59:59. It is also not necessary if all of your libraries are in the same time zone, and that time zone is the same as the database’s configured time zone.

DO $$
declare
    new_tz  text;
    ou_id   int;
begin
    for ou_id in select id from actor.org_unit loop
        for new_tz in select oils_json_to_text(value) from actor.org_unit_ancestor_setting('lib.timezone',ou_id) loop
            if new_tz is not null then
                update  action.circulation
                  set   due_date = (due_date::timestamp || ' ' || new_tz)::timestamptz
                  where circ_lib = ou_id
                        and substring((due_date at time zone new_tz)::time::text from 1 for 8) <> '23:59:59';
            end if;
        end loop;
    end loop;
end;
$$;

15. Deprecation of XUL staff client

Starting with the release of 3.0.0, patches that fix XUL bugs will not be merged into master or backported unless they meet one or more of the following conditions:

  1. the bug is a security issue

  2. the bug involves the destruction of data

  3. the bug is a regression of functionality in the XUL staff client introduced by other work done to Evergreen

Under no circumstances will XUL staff client feature enhancements be merged.

This policy will continue through the 3.0.x and 3.1.x maintenance release cycles, and will become moot upon the release of 3.2.0, when the XUL staff client is slated to be entirely removed.

16. 3.0.0 New Features

16.1. New Staff Client

Evergreen 3.0 features a new, modern staff client that runs in the web browser and can be used on desktop and mobile devices. All functional areas of the system, including circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reports, booking, administration, and offline circulation, are available in the new staff client. Chrome and Firefox are officially supported for use with the web client.

Library staff will no longer need to download separate software to perform most actions in Evergreen. A Chrome plugin called Hatch will be available as a separate installation for workstations that require seamless, dialog-free printing to multiple printers.

In addition to adding more portability and stability, the new staff client also presents a cleaner and more modern interface for users. By virtue of running in a browser, actions that users are accustomed to performing on other web sites should now be available in the Evergreen client.

The old, XUL client will continue to be available to allow for a gradual transition to the browser-based client, but no new features will be added. The old client will totally be removed from Evergreen in the Fall 2018 3.2.0 release.

16.2. Administration

16.2.1. New EDI Order Generator

Configuration
  1. New database tables exist for configuring vendor-specific EDI order attributes.

    • `acq.edi_attr .

      • List of EDI order generation toggles, e.g. "INCLUDE_COPIES" to add GIR segments

    • acq.edi_attr_set

      • Collection of edi_attr`s. Each edi_account may be linked to one `edi_attr_set.

      • One edi_attr_set per known vendor is added to the stock data, matching the stock configuration found in the JEDI template.

    • acq.edi_attr_set_map

      • Link between `edi_attr`s and `edi_attr_set`s.

  2. EDI Attribute Sets are manged via a new (browser client only) configuration interface at Administration → Acquisitions Administration → EDI Attribute Sets.

  3. Each acq.edi_account should be linked to an acq.edi_attr_set. If a link is not set, default values will be used. Links between an EDI account and an attribute set are managed in the EDI Accounts configuration interface.

  4. Local modifications to the stock EG JEDI template are managed by modifying and/or adding additional `edi_att_set`s as needed.

  5. A new edi_order_pusher.pl script is added which replaces the functionality of edi_pusher.pl. edi_pusher.pl is still available.

  6. After moving to edi_order_pusher.pl, the JEDI Action/Trigger event definition is no longer required and can be disabled.

Migration

EDI accounts have a new boolean field Use EDI Attributes (use_attrs) that specifies whether PO’s generated via the account should be built using EDI attributes or fall back to traditional JEDI A/T template generation.

This allows sites to activate EDI attributes on a per-account basis, making it possible to migrate piecemeal to EDI attributes. For the initial roll out of this new feature, no accounts will be configured to use EDI attributes by default.

16.2.2. 3 Day Courtesy Notice by SMS

New optional SMS text notification to be sent out 3 days prior to the due date of any circulating item for patrons who have an SMS text number and carrier stored in their accounts. This action trigger is disabled by default, but can be enabled and modified by going into Administration → Local Administration → Notifications / Action Triggers.

You may wish to make use of granularity so that these messages are batched and sent at the same time each day.

16.2.3. Add Description Field to Circulation and Hold Configuration Entries

The circulation and hold policy configuration rules now each have a description field. This allows administrators to add comments to describe the purpose of each rule.

16.2.4. Apache Internal Port Configuration Option

Apache configuration now supports a new variable which allows admins to specify the port used by Apache to handle HTTP traffic. The value is used for HTTP requests routed from Perl handlers back to the same Apache instance, like added content requests. Use this when running Apache with a non-standard port, typical with a proxy setup. Defaults to "80".

<Location /eg>
    ...
    PerlSetVar OILSWebInternalHTTPPort "7080"
    ...
</Location>

16.2.5. Configurable Bib Record Display Fields

Administration → Server Administration → MARC Search/Facet Fields have 2 new configuration fields: Display Field? and Display XPath.

When Display Field is set to true, data from the field will be extracted from each record and added to a new table of display data for each bib record.

If a value is present in the Display XPath field, this XPath will be applied to the extracted data after the base XPath (from the XPath field) is applied to each field.

This data acts as a replacement for the various and sundry ways bib record data is currently extracted, including inline XPath in the TPAC, reporter views, real-time MVR compilation from MODS, etc. and will be available to the user interface, notification templates, etc. for rendering bib records.

The browser client gets a new service egBibDisplay which is capable of translating the display field data from various formats into data more suitable for JavaScript usage.

The database gets 3 new views for representing display data in various formats:

  • metabib.flat_display_entry

    • List of all display fields linked to their configuration.

  • metabib.compressed_display_entry

    • Same as metabib.flat_display_entry except there’s one row per display field type, with multi rows compressed into JSON arrays. Non-multi fields are represented as JSON strings/numbers.

  • metabib.wide_display_entry

    • Tabular view of display field data, one column per well-known field. Values are represented JSON, consistent with metabib.flat_display_entry. The view does not contain locally configured display fields, as each field must be encoded in the view and IDL definition. This is essentially a replacement for reporter.simple_record.

Reingesting

After making changes to display field configuration, it’s possible to reingest only display field data in the database using the following:

SELECT metabib.reingest_metabib_field_entries(id, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE,
  (SELECT ARRAY_AGG(id)::INT[] FROM config.metabib_field WHERE display_field))
  FROM biblio.record_entry WHERE NOT deleted AND id > 0;

16.2.6. Fix COPY_STATUS_LONGOVERDUE.override Permission Typo

The existing permission was incorrectly created with a code of COPY_STATUS_LONGOVERDUE.override, while the event thrown requires a permission with a code of COPY_STATUS_LONG_OVERDUE.override. This update changes the permission code to match what the event requires.

16.2.7. Hold Targeter V2 Repairs and Improvements

  • Make the batch targeter more resilient to a single-hold failure.

  • Additional batch targeter info logging.

  • Set OSRF_LOG_CLIENT in hold_targeter_v2.pl for log tracing

  • Removes the confusingly named --target-all option

    • The same behavior can be achieved by using --retarget-interval "0s"

  • Removes --skip-viable (see --soft-retarget-interval below)

New --next-check-interval Option

Specify how long after the current run time the targeter will retarget the currently affected holds. Applying a specific interval is useful when the retarget-interval is shorter than the time between targeter runs.

For example, if the targeter is run nightly at midnight with a --retarget-interval 36h, you would set --next-check-interval to 48hr, since the holds won’t be processed again until 48 hours later. This ensures that the org unit closed date checks are looking at the correct date.

This setting overrides the default behavior of calculating the next retarget time from the retarget-interval.

New --soft-retarget-interval Option

This is a replacement for (and rebranding of) the --skip-viable option. The new option allows for time-based soft-targeting instead simple binary on/off soft-targeting.

How soft-targeting works:

  • Update hold copy maps for all affected holds

  • Holds with viable targets (on the pull list) are otherwise left alone.

  • Holds without viable targets are retargeted in the usual manner.

16.2.8. New marc_export --descendants Option

The marc_export script has a new option, --descendants. This option takes one argument of an organizational unit shortname. It works much like the existing --library option except that it is aware of the org. tree and will export records with holdings at the specified organizational unit and all of its descendants. This is handy if you want to export the records for all of the branches of a system. You can do that by specifying this option and the system’s shortname, instead of specifying multiple --library options for each branch.

The --descendants option can be repeated, as the --library option can. All of the specified org. units and their descendants will be included in the output. It can also be combined with individual --library options when necessary.

16.2.9. RTL and LTR Public Catalog Stylesheets Merged

The RTL stylesheet for the public catalog, templates/opac/css/style-rtl.css.tt2, has been merged into the LTR one (templates/opac/css/style.css.tt2). The combined stylesheet template will provide RTL or LTR styles based on the value of the rtl flag of the active locale. An rtl variable is also available in the template to allow the correct style to be chosen.

16.2.10. Miscellaneous Improvements

  • If a filter is in effect in the Library Settings Editor, the filter will continue to be applied after a user changes the selected library.

  • Copy templates used for serials now correctly link to age protection rules and MARC item type values (for the "Circ as Type" field). During upgrade, the database update will set to NULL any age protection and circ as type fields in serial copy templates that do not point to defined values.

16.2.11. Obsolete Internal Flag Removed

An obsolete and unused ingest.disable_metabib_field_entry internal flag was removed from the config.internal_flags table. It was rendered obsolete by the addition of the 3 flags to control the browse, search, and facet indexing.

16.2.12. Tweaks to Caching/Expiry of Public Catalog Assets

The default cache expiration time for static assets (e.g., CSS, image, and JavaScript files) in the public catalog and the Kid’s PAC has been increased to one year. Links to all such assets now have a cache-busting value tacked on as a query parameter. This value is refreshed when autogen.sh is run, but it can also be manually set by adjusting the ctx.cache_key Template Toolkit variable.

16.2.13. Action/Trigger Events Data Purging

Action/Trigger event definitions have a new field called Retention Interval. When an optional interval value is applied, events and template output data linked to the event definition will be deleted from the database once they reach the specified age.

Retention Interval Restrictions for Passive Hooks

Restrictions are placed on retention interval values for event definitions using passive hooks to prevent data from being deleted while it’s still needed by the system.

The presence of event data is how the system knows not to send duplicate events. As long as a scenario exists where a duplicate event may be generated, the events must be retained.

To apply a retention interval value to a passive-hook event definition:

  • The event definition must have a max_delay value.

  • The retention interval must be larger than the difference between the delay and max_delay values.

For example, if the delay is 7 days and max_delay is 10 days, the retention interval must be greater than 3 days to ensure no duplicate events are created between the first event on day 7 and the end of the event validity window on day 10.

Deployment

A new purge_at_events.sh script is installed in the bin directory (typically /openils/bin) which should be added to CRON for regular maintenance.

Note
On large data sets, this script can take a long time to run and create higher than normal I/O load as it churns though the event and event_output tables. You may wish to run the script by hand the first time so it can be monitored. It can be run in psql like so:
SELECT action_trigger.purge_events();
Note
On very large data sets (10s to 100s of millions of event and event_output rows), it may be advisable to first repopulate the event and event_output tables with only the desired data before starting regular purges. This can be done, for example, using the copy to temp table, truncate source table, repopulate source table from temp table approach. This will be much faster than the purge_events() function in cases where most of the data will be purged.
Hook Data Cleanup

A number of action_trigger.hook entries which have always been treated as active hooks, though are configured as passive hooks, have been updated to properly reflect the non-passive-ness. This allows for simpler configuration of their retention interval values.

16.2.14. Remove JSPAC Redirects

Future versions of Evergreen will no longer contain automatic redirects from JSPAC URLs to TPAC URLs, with the exception of myopac.xml, given that the JSPAC is no longer supported. Existing sites, however, may wish to retain JSPAC redirects in their Apache configuration files since JSPAC URLs may still be used in the wild to access their catalogs.

The original JSPAC URL redirects are all retained in the file Open-ILS/examples/jspac_redirects.conf for reference.

16.3. API

16.3.1. New open-ils.auth.login API

The open-ils.auth service has a new API for requesting an authentication token. It performs the same steps as the open-ils.auth.authenticate.init and .complete APIs in a single call, using the bare password. No intermediate password hashing is required.

The paramaters are the same as the .complete call with a few modifications.

  1. Using the generic identifier parameter in combination with the org parameter allows the API to reliably determine if an identifier value is a username or barcode. The caller is no longer required to make that determination up front.

  2. The nonce parameter is no longer used.

16.3.2. Batch Patron Contact Invalidation

The following methods are used to mark patron contact fields as invalid by moving the invalid value to a standing penalty:

  • open-ils.actor.invalidate.email

  • open-ils.actor.invalidate.day_phone

  • open-ils.actor.invalidate.evening_phone

  • open-ils.actor.invalidate.other_phone

These methods now accept a fifth argument specifying the value of the contact field, e.g., a specific phone number or email address. If supplied, and if a specific patron ID (the first argument) is not supplied, all patrons with that specific contact value will have it marked invalid.

16.4. Architecture

16.4.1. Pure-SQL catalog searching

Public and staff catalog search is now both more accurate and faster by redesigning how the visibility of records is calculated.

16.5. Cataloging

16.5.1. Authority Record and Headings Browse Improvements

Various improvements are made to support for authority records and headings browsing:

  • The MARC to MADS XSLT stylesheet is now used as part of parsing headings from authority records. Since the MODS and MADS stylesheets extract headings in similar ways, duplicate browse entries are now much less likely to occur.

  • A new configuration table, authority.heading_field, is now used to specify how headings should be extracted from authority records.

  • Related headings can now be identified as narrower or broader when browsing in the public catalog.

  • See references are now more reliably included in the browse list.

  • Scope (public) notes now display only under the main heading.

  • There is now a global flag, Display related headings (see-also) in browse, that can be used to control whether related headings (see-alsos) are displayed in the public catalog list.

  • A complete set of thesauruses are now included in the seed data. Thesauruses can now be identified using short and long codes.

  • The labels for see and see-also references in the public catalog are a bit more patron-friendly, and can now be tweaked via TPAC template customization in the browse.tt2 file.

16.5.2. Copy Tags and Digital Bookplates

Copy tags will allow staff to apply custom, pre-defined labels or tags to copies. Copy tags are searchable in both the staff client and public catalog. This feature was designed to be used for Digital Bookplates to attach donation or memorial information to copies, but may be used for broader purposes to tag items.

Each copy tag can either be publicly-visible or visible only to staff. Copy tags also have types that can be used for restricting catalog searches on copy tags to particular types.

Copy tags are displayed in the copy table in the record summary page in the public catalog, and a new library setting can be used to add a "Digital Bookplate" search field. Copy tags can also be used as a search filter, e.g.,

  • copy_tag(bookplate, jane smith): search for records that have a copy tag of type bookplate whose value contains jane smith.

  • copy_tag(*, jane smith): search for records that have a copy tag of any type whose value contains jane smith.

All staff-side interfaces related to copy tags exist only in the web staff client. There are two new administration interfaces for managing copy tags and copy tag types. The copy editor now has a Copy Tags button for applying copy tags to copies; that interface can also be used to create new copy tags on the fly. Furthermore, the copy buckets interface now has an Apply Tags action for assigning tags to groups of copies.

Permissions

Two new permission are included:

  • ADMIN_COPY_TAG_TYPES: required to create a new tag type under Administration → Server Administration → Copy Tag Types

  • ADMIN_COPY_TAG: required to create a new tag under Administration → Local Administration → Copy Tags

The existing permission UPDATE_COPY controls whether or not a user can link copies to tags.

Library Settings

A new library setting, Enable Digital Bookplate Search, controls whether to display a Digital Bookplate field in the search index drop-downs in the catalog. A Digital Bookplate search will include all records that have a copy that matches the tag specified by the user. It should be noted that this library setting does not affect the display of copy tags on the catalog record summary page.

16.5.3. Include Call Number Prefixes and Suffixes in Export and Z39.50 output

The call number prefix and suffix, when present, are now included in subfields $k and $m of the 852 field when running marc_export with the --items switch. Similarly, when using Evergreen as a Z39.50 server configured to embed item data in 852 fields, the affixes are now included in subfields $k and $m.

16.6. Circulation

16.6.1. Batch Editing of Patron Records

There is a now a new interface analogous to the Copy Bucket interface to select and group a set of users into a User Bucket. The addition of users to a User Bucket is possible from the Patron Search interface by the use of a new grid Action, and directly on the User Bucket interface by user barcode. It is also possible to add users to a User Bucket by uploading a text file that contains a list of user barcodes.

From this interface it is possible to perform a set of specific batch update operations on user records.

Editing Users

These fields can now be changed in batch via an action on the User Bucket grid if the staff user has the UPDATE_USER permission:

  • Active flag

  • Primary Permission Group (group application permissions consulted)

  • Juvenile flag

  • Home Library (UPDATE_USER checked against both old and new value)

  • Privilege Expiration Date

  • Barred flag (BAR_PATRON permission consulted)

  • Internet Access Level

Changes made in this interface can be rolled back.

As a batch process, rather than a direct edit, this mechanism explicitly skips processing of Action/Trigger event definitions for user update.

Deleting Users

The batch edit mechanism also allows for the batch deletion of user. The staff user must have both the UPDATE_USER and DELETE_USER permissions.

Changes made in this interface can be rolled back.

As a batch process, rather than a direct edit, this mechanism explicitly skips processing of Action/Trigger event definitions for user deletion.

This mechanism does not use the Purge User functionality, but instead simply marks the users as deleted.

Editing Statistical Category Entries

All users in the bucket can have their Statistical Category Entries modified. Unlike user data field updates, modification of Statistical Category Entries is permanent and cannot be rolled back.

As a batch process, rather than a direct edit, this mechanism explicitly skips processing of Action/Trigger event definitions for user update.

New Service Requirement

This new functionality makes use of the QStore service (open-ils.qstore), which was previously unused in production. If this service has been removed from the configuration of a live Evergreen instances, it will need to be added back in order for batch user editing to succeed.

16.6.2. Honor Timezone of the Acting Library

Summary
  • Display day-granular due dates in the circulating library’s timezone.

  • Only display the date portion of the due date for day-granular circulations.

  • Display the full timestamp, in the client’s timezone rather than the circulation library’s, for hourly circulations.

  • Provide infrastructure for more advanced formatting of timestamps.

  • Override the built-in AngularJS date filter with an implementation that uses moment.js, providing consistency and better standards compliance.

Details

This is a followup to the work done for 2.12, where we added the ability for the client to specify a timezone in which timestamps should be interpreted in business logic and the database.

Most specifically, this work focuses on circulation due dates and the closed date editor. Due dates, where displayed using stock templates (including receipt templates) and used for fine calculation, are now manipulated in the library’s configured timezone. This is controlled by the new lib.timezone setting available via the Library Settings Editor, loaded from the server when required. Additionally, closings are recorded in the library’s timezone so that due date calculation is more accurate. The closed date editor is also taught how to display closings in the closed library’s timezone. Closed date entries also explicitly record if they are a full day closing, or a multi-day closing. This significantly simplifies the editor, and may be useful in other contexts.

To accomplish this, we use the moment.js library and the moment-timezone addon. This is necessary because the stock AngularJS date filter does not understand locale-aware timezone values, which are required to support DST. A simple mapper translates the differences in format values from AngularJS date to moment.js.

Of special note are a set of new filters used for formatting timestamps under certain circumstances. The new egOrgDateInContext, egOrgDate, and egDueDate filters provide the functionality, and autogrid is enhanced to make use of these where applicable. egGrid and egGridField are also taught to accept default and field-specific options for applying date filters. These filters may be useful in other or related contexts.

The egDueDate filter, used for all existing displays of due date via Angular code, intentionally interprets timestamps in two different ways WRT timezone, based on the circulation duration. If the duration is day-granular (that is, the number of seconds in the duration is divisible by 86,400, or 24 hours worth of seconds) then the date is interpreted as being in the circulation library’s timezone. If it is an hourly loan (any duration that does not meet the day-granular criterium) then it is instead displayed in the client’s timezone, just as all other timestamps currently are, because of the previous Evergreen timezone work.

The public catalog is adjusted to always display the due date in the circulating library’s timezone. Because the public catalog displays only the date portion of the due date field, this difference is currently considered acceptable. If this proves to be a problem in the future, a minor adjustment can be made to match the egDueDate filter logic.

Now that due dates are globally stored in the configured timezone of the circulating library, the automatic adjustment to day-granular due dates needs to take those timezones into account.

An optional SQL command is provided by the upgrade script to retroactively adjust existing due dates after library configuration is complete.

16.6.3. Enhancements to Hard Due Date Functionality

It will now be possible to delete Hard Due Date Values for dates that have passed. Also, the Hard Due Date updater will no longer change Ceiling Dates to a past date. This allows editing Ceiling Dates directly in a Hard Due Date as well as scheduling Ceiling Date changes via Hard Due Date Values.

16.6.4. Patron Search by Birth Date

  • Now you can include the patron birth year and/or birth month and/or birth day when searching for patrons using the web staff client.

  • Day and month values are exact matches. E.g. month "1" (or "01") matches January, "12" matches December.

  • Year searches are "contains" searches. E.g. year "15" matches 2015, 1915, 1599, etc. For exact matches use the full 4-digit year.

16.6.5. Patron Search from Place Hold

This feature allows staff members, when placing a hold on behalf of a patron in the web staff client, to search for patrons by names and other searchable patron information, rather than relying on barcode alone. In particular, after performing a catalog search or going to a specific bib record and clicking the Place Hold button, the form now includes a Patron Search button. This button will open a dialog allowing the staff member search for and select a patron record.

16.6.6. Retrieve Recent Patrons

Adds a new library setting Number of Retrievable Recent Patrons (ui.staff.max_recent_patrons) that specifies the number of recently retrieved patrons that can be re-fetched from the staff client.

A value of 0 means no recent patrons can be retrieved. A value greater than 1 means staff will be able to retrieve multiple recent patrons via a new Circulation Retrieve Recent Patrons menu entry.

The default value is 1 for backwards compatibility.

16.6.7. Fuller title in XUL client Simplified Pull List

The Simplified Pull List in the XUL client will now display subfields 245$n and $p in the title field. The addition will make it easier for staff to distinguish between different parts or seasons in a series.

16.6.8. Transit Cancel Time and Terminology Change

Transit Cancel Time

Previously, Evergreen deleted canceled (aborted) transits from the database. Now the rows in action.transit_copy, action.hold_transit_copy, and action.reservation_transit_copy are preserved in the database, though still not visible to the end user in the staff client. This allows for better tracking of when transits are canceled for the purposes of knowing which staff member canceled the transit, etc.

Note
This change may require the re-creation of transit reports to filter out canceled transits from the results. Cloning the template and adding a Base Filter of Cancel Time Is NULL will suffice.
"Canceled Transit" Terminology Change

The term "abort" has been replaced with "cancel" in all of the affected user interfaces. For internal continuity, however, the following permission codes have not changed:

  • ABORT_TRANSIT

  • ABORT_REMOTE_TRANSIT

  • ABORT_TRANSIT_ON_LOST

  • ABORT_TRANSIT_ON_MISSING

16.7. Client

16.7.1. Offline Circulation Available in Web Staff Client

Offline circulation is now available in the web staff client. In order to use the offline interface, users must first log into the web staff client, perform a patron search, select a user from the results, and open the patron editor interface to collect all the relevent configuration information for the workstation. In addition, the offline interface available from the Circulation menu provides a Download block list button for users who are logged in.

As is the case in the old staff client, users can check materials in and out, renew items, and create new patron accounts while offline. The patron fields available in the offline patron registration editor are the same ones that are available to staff when working online.

16.7.2. Add Circ Modifier to Record Detail Page in Staff TPAC

The circulation modifier field is added to the table of copies to make more information available to staff without having to open the Holdings View.

16.7.3. Date+Time Format Settings for Web Client

This change deprecates the existing Format Dates and Format Times settings and adds two settings for use with the webstaff client:

  • Format Dates with this pattern

  • Format Date+Time with this pattern

These settings use format strings as documented here:

There is overlap with how the Dojo formats worked, but also some differences.

The original Format Dates and Format Times settings worked together, but the new settings work independently. Certain field elements will use one, and certain field elements will use the other. These distinctions are hard-coded in the various UI templates, with the idea being that timestamp fields in which the date component alone is sufficient information (for example, date of birth) will use the Format Dates setting. Fields where the time component is important (for example, checkout time) will use the Format Date+Time setting.

When the settings Format Dates and Format Date+Time are unset, we will default to "shortDate" (M/d/yy) and "short" (M/d/yy h:mm a), respectively.

16.7.4. Global Option to Remove Sound for a Specific Event

A new nosound.wav file has been added to the web client. The file can be used to globally disable audio alerts for a specific event on an Evergreen system.

For example, to silence the alert that sounds after a successful patron search:

mkdir -p /openils/var/web/audio/notifications/success/patron/
cd /openils/var/web/audio/notifications/success/patron/
ln -s ../../nosound.wav by_search.wav

16.8. Documentation

The official Evergreen manual has been split into eight new manuals, each designed for a specific audience. This new approach is designed to make the documentation more readable and usable.

The specific audiences for the new manuals are:

  • Acquisitions staff

  • Circulation staff

  • Cataloging staff

  • Public services staff who use the public catalog

  • Serials staff

  • System administrators who use the command line

  • System administrators who use the Web client

  • System administrators and programmers who wish to integrate Evergreen with other technologies

All manuals are available at http://docs.evergreen-ils.org

16.9. Public catalog

16.9.1. Improvements to ebook API

Evergreen now supports checking out and placing holds on OverDrive and OneClickdigital ebook titles from within the public catalog. This is an experimental feature. It is not recommended for production use without careful testing.

When ebook integration is enabled, a "Check Out E-Item" link will be displayed when viewing an ebook title from a supported vendor in the catalog. Clicking on the link allows the user to check out and download that title from the vendor directly within the catalog.

If no copies are available for the title, a "Place Hold on E-Item" link is displayed instead, and the user may place a hold on the title. (Note that some vendors require the user’s account to have an email address before permitting a hold.)

My Account includes the ability to view current ebook checkouts and holds, download already-checked-out titles, and cancel holds.

For API integration to work, you need to request API access from the vendor, and the vendor must have a way of authenticating your patrons. Your Evergreen system also needs to be configured for ebook API integration, following the instructions in the command line system administration manual

This feature assumes that you are importing MARC records supplied by the vendor into your Evergreen system, using Vandelay or some other MARC import method. This feature does not search the vendor’s online collections or automatically import vendor records into your system; it merely augments records that are already in Evergreen.

16.9.2. Improvements to Bill Payment Pages

The bill payment pages in the public catalog have been revamped to

  • use the term "charges" instead of "fees"

  • include images of credit cards accepted

  • make the default print receipt template match other itemized receipts; note that this change is not automatically applied when upgrading.

  • display billing type

  • add button to pay only selected charges

  • reformat the credit card number input page

16.9.3. Clickable Copy Locations

Adds a URL field to the copy locations editor. When a URL is entered in this field, the associated copy location will display as a link in the public catalog summary display. This link can be useful for retrieving maps or other directions to the copy location to aid users in finding material.

16.9.4. Download Checkout History CSV Fixed for Large Number of Circulations

Downloading checkout history as a CSV from My Account has been fixed for users with a large circulation history. Previously, this would time out for patrons with more than 100 or so circulations.

This feature no longer uses the action/trigger mechanism and the public catalog now generates the CSV directly. The old action/trigger code is still present in the database and should be removed at some point in the near future.

16.9.5. Google Books Preview Rewrite

The Google Books Preview functionality in record detail pages has been rewritten to modernize its style and optimize its performance:

  • The Dojo JavaScript framework is no longer used, saving approximately 150K of JavaScript and CSS and four network requests per page load.

  • The Embedded Viewer is not loaded unless a possible preview is found, saving more network and memory overhead.

  • The Google Books Loader is used to load the Embedded Viewer instead of the deprecated Google Loader.

  • All variables are self-contained and do not pollute the global namespace.

  • Event listeners are registered to handle clicks, rather than attaching href="javascript:function()" to <a> elements.

  • Book previews are displayed in a panel sized according to the viewport of the browser, improving its appearance on both mobile and desktop browsers.

  • The rewritten code is now served up directly from /js/ui/default/opac/ac_google_books.js rather than as a TT2 template.

16.9.6. jQuery for the Public Catalog

This release adds optional support for jQuery in the public catalog. This support is enabled by setting the ctx.want_jquery variable to a true value in the config.tt2 template.

16.9.7. New Popularity Parameters

New popularity parameters for in-house use over time and for count of distinct organizational units that own a title are now available. Evergreen sites can use these parameters to create new statistical popularity badges for sorting in the catalog by Most Popular or by Popularity-Adjusted Relevance.

The in-house use parameters will apply a badge to titles that have the most in-house use activity over time. The organizational unit count parameter will apply a badge to titles owned by the most number of libraries in a consortium. Ownership is determined by the copy’s circulation library.

16.9.8. Option to Suspend Holds at the Time They are Placed

Users now have the option to suspend a hold at the same time they place the hold. The Place Hold screen has a checkbox that can be enabled for users who want to suspend a hold at the time it is placed. There is also an option to set the activation date at the same time. This option is also available when placing holds on a batch of titles from My List and will apply to all the titles in the batch.

16.10. Reports

16.10.1. Fix to reporter.classic_current_circ View

The reporter.classic_current_circ view, which is part of some extra views defined in Open-ILS/src/sql/Pg/example.reporter-extension.sql, has been fixed to not exclude loans for patrons who do not have a billing address set. Users of this view should rerun Open-ILS/src/sql/Pg/example.reporter-extension.sql during upgrade.

16.10.2. New Report Source Table Allowing Report of "Last" Deleted copy

This source table allows you to construct a clever aggregate report template which will report bibliographic IDs where a library or a group of libraries no longer have a copy attached but had a copy attached. This is especially useful when a holdings sync is required with an external vendor.

Instructions for creating a report template with this source:

  • Create a new report template using "Library Holdings Count with Deleted" as the source

  • Add "Has Only Deleted Copies 0/1" (Min) to the Aggregate Filters → Change Value to "1"

  • Add "Last Edit Date" (Max) to Aggregate Filters. In Aggregate Filters, change the operator to "Between"

  • Add Circulation Library → "Organizational Unit ID" to Base Filters, with the Raw Data transform. In the list of Base Filters, change the operator to "In list"

  • Add "Bib ID" to Displayed Fields

  • Add "Last Edit Date" to Displayed Fields and Change Transform to Max

  • Add "Has Only Deleted Copies 0/1" to Displayed Fields and Change Transform to Min

  • Add "Total copies attached" to Displayed Fields and Change Transform to Sum

This template will only output bibliographic IDs where all of the copies for the specified branch(es) are deleted. Furthermore, it will only output bibs whose copies were edited (deleted) during the specified date range. Unfortunately the user will have to manually type the date range without the date picker. This view will also allow you to answer questions like "Show me bibs where I have one visible copy and more than two deleted copies."

The Provider reporting source now includes a link to the Provider Note reporting source.

The Working Location reporting source now has labels and it is now linked to the ILS User reporting source, allowing reports to display or filter on staff working location.

16.10.5. New Circulation Report Source "All Circulation Combined Types"

This report source will allow you to create a single report template for all of the following:

  • In-house uses

  • In-house uses of non-cataloged items

  • Circulations

  • Circulations of non-cataloged items

To distinguish between these different types of library use, it’s important to display these columns in your report templates:

  • Item Type

  • Circulation Type

16.10.6. Reports Template Searching

A new form appears along the top of the reports interface for searching report templates. Once found, typical template actions (e.g. create new report) are available from within the results interface.

Searches may be performed across selected (visible) folders or all folders visible to the logged in user.

Searches are case-insensitive, any word order, with left-anchored words. All searched words must appear in at least one of the searched fields.

Examples
  • Searching for stat cat matches:

    • stat cat

    • statistical category

    • categories, statistical

    • patrons (stat cat)

  • Searching for stat cat does not match:

    • stat

      • both words must be present in the searched field(s)

    • stat location

      • location contains cat but it’s not left-anchored.

Reporter Paging

The templates, reports, and output interfaces now support paging via new Next, Prev, and Start links next to the output limit selector.

16.11. Serials

16.11.1. Web Staff Client Serials Module

The serials module has been ported over to the web staff client, implementing a unified serials interface that combines ideas from both the serial control view and alternate serials control view from the old staff client.

In addition to carrying over functionality that was available in the old staff client, several new features are included:

  • the ability to save prediction pattern codes as templates that can be shared and reused within an Evergreen database

  • a more streamlined interface for managing subscriptions, distributions, and streams

  • it is no longer necessary to create a starting issue in order to predict a run of issues; the dialog box for generating a set of predicted issues now lets you specify the starting point directly.

  • the ability to more directly edit MFHDs

The new serials interfaces can be accessed from the record details page via a Serials drop-down button that links to a subscription management page, a quick-receive action, and a MFHD management page. There is also a new Serials Administration page where prediction pattern and serial copy templates can be managed.

16.12. SIP

16.12.1. SIP Bugfix Changes How Encoding Is Determined in Configuration

The combined fix for the above mentioned SIP bugs alters the way that SIPServer looks up the output encoding in the configuration file (typically oils_sip.xml). SIPServer now looks for the encoding in the following places:

  1. An encoding attribute on the account element for the currently active SIP account.

  2. The encoding element that is a child of the institution element of the currently active SIP account.

  3. The encoding element that is a child of the implementation_config element that is itself a child of the institution element of the currently active SIP account.

  4. If none of the above exist, then the default encoding (ASCII) is used.

Number 3 is provided to ease the transition to the new code. It is the current location of the encoding element in the sample configuration file and as such, where it is likely to be found in actual files. It is recommended that you alter your configuration to move this element out of the implementation_config element and into its parent institution element. Ideally, SIPServer should not look into the implementation config, and this check may be removed at some time in the future.

17. Acknowledgments

17.1. Web Client Acknowledgments

The project to develop a new browser-based web client launched four years ago at the September 2013 Evergreen developer hack-a-way when the developer community voted to move away from the XUL client and explore other platforms. The first web client preview became available in Evergreen 2.7 when circulation was available in the new platform.

The browser-based client is available due to the work of many coders, testers, bug reporters, documentors, translators, project managers, spec writers, funders and other contributors over the past four years.

The Evergreen project would like to acknowledge the following organizations that funded development of the Web Staff Client:

  • Bibliomation

  • British Columbia Libraries Cooperative

  • Consortium of Ohio Libraries

  • C/W MARS

  • Georgia Public Library Service

  • Grand Rapids Public Library

  • The Howe Library

  • Kenton County Public Library

  • King County Library System

  • MassLNC

  • NC Cardinal

  • Pennsylvania Integrated Library System

  • Pioneer Library System

  • SC LENDS

The Evergreen project would also like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, translations, documentation patches, tests, bug reports, technical specifications, and project management to the Web Staff Client:

  • Jason Boyer

  • Adam Bowling

  • Christine Burns

  • Steve Callender

  • Eva Cerniňáková

  • Galen Charlton

  • Dawn Dale

  • Jeff Davis

  • Grace Dunbar

  • Bill Erickson

  • Jason Etheridge

  • Lynn Floyd

  • Sally Fortin

  • Jeff Godin

  • Rogan Hamby

  • Elaine Hardy

  • Blake Henderson

  • Billy Horn

  • Skye Howard

  • Kyle Huckins

  • Linda Jansová

  • Tina Ji

  • Mary Jinglewski

  • Angela Kilsdonk

  • Joan Kranich

  • Victoria Lewis

  • Mary Llewelyn

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Terran McCanna

  • Christine Morgan

  • Michele Morgan

  • Stephen Moss

  • Andrea Neiman

  • Nawras Othman

  • Freddy Enrique Pelayo Huapalla

  • Jillianne Presley

  • Jennifer Pringle

  • Michelle Purcell

  • Erica Rohlfs

  • Mike Rylander

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Janet Schrader

  • Dan Scott

  • Chris Sharp

  • Ben Shum

  • Clare Sobotka

  • Tim Spindler

  • Remington Steed

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Josh Stompro

  • Yamil Suarez

  • Amy Terlaga

  • Scott Thomas

  • Anahi Valdez

  • Cesar Velez

  • Jessica Venturo

  • Dan Wells

  • Beth Willis

  • Tigran Zargaryan

17.2. Evergreen 3.0 Acknowledgments

The Evergreen project would like to acknowledge the following organizations that commissioned developments in this release of Evergreen:

  • Bibliomation

  • British Columbia Libraries Cooperative (BC Sitka)

  • C/W MARS

  • Georgia Public Library Service

  • King County Library System

  • MassLNC

  • Pennsylvania Integrated Library System

  • Pioneer Library System

We would also like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, translations, documentation patches, and tests to this release of Evergreen:

  • Adam Bowling

  • Jason Boyer

  • Eva Cerniňáková

  • Galen Charlton

  • Dawn Dale

  • Jeff Davis

  • Martha Driscoll

  • Bill Erickson

  • Jason Etheridge

  • Lynn Floyd

  • Jeff Godin

  • Rogan Hamby

  • Blake Henderson

  • Billy Horn

  • Skye Howard

  • Kyle Huckins

  • Linda Jansova

  • Tina Ji

  • Pasi Kallinen

  • Angela Kilsdonk

  • Debbie Luchenbill

  • Jeanette Lundgren

  • Kathy Lussier

  • Terran McCanna

  • Christine Morgan

  • Michele Morgan

  • Andrea Neiman

  • Bill Ott

  • Suzanne Paterno

  • Dan Pearl

  • Jillianne Presley

  • Mike Rylander

  • Jane Sandberg

  • Dan Scott

  • Srey Seng

  • Chris Sharp

  • Ben Shum

  • Remington Steed

  • Jason Stephenson

  • Josh Stompro

  • Scott Thomas

  • Cesar Velez

  • Dan Wells

  • Liam Whalen

  • Beth Willis

We also thank the following organizations whose employees contributed patches:

  • British Columba Libraries Cooperative

  • Calvin College

  • Catalyte

  • CW/MARS

  • Emerald Data Networks, Inc.

  • Equinox Open Library Initiative

  • Georgia PINES

  • Grand Rapids Public Library

  • Indiana State Library

  • Jabok Library

  • King County Library System

  • Lake Agassiz Regional Library

  • Laurentian University

  • Linn-Benton Community College

  • MassLNC

  • Merrimack Valley Library Consortium

  • MOBIUS Consortium

  • North of Boston Library Exchange

  • Pennsylvania Integrated Library System

  • Pohjois-Karjalan Tietotekniikkakeskus Oy

  • Sigio

  • Traverse Area District Library

We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please open a bug at http://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/ with a correction.